I’ve read some really great books lately that feature one of my favorite things… FOOD! This inspired me to make a blog post about it. So every so often I will feature a book and a food item from that book. It could be a recipe I got and tried, a food item that I bought because of the book, or something completely different. It will vary along with the book. This won’t be an every week thing, just something that I will do every so often, so don’t be surprised if you see some from a long time ago that I may have done, like my own Lemon Tarts I made after reading Heartless by Marissa Meyer.
This one is different because I haven’t actually tasted the drink, Boba Tea. I don’t actually like tea, so I reached out to a former co-worker of mine and asked could I use her video on my blog. She shows how to easily make it in this video.
(You may have to log in to Facebook to watch it if you can’t see it from here!)
As you can see, boba tea is also known as bubble tea, pearl tea, and tapioca tea — depending on what part of the country you’re from. As stated earlier, the tapioca pearls that are also called “boba” are generally made from cassava starch, a root vegetable from South America that is also referred to as yuca. Boba originates in Taiwan, but has since made its way to America where its enjoyed by many people.
They give you a base, which is usually green or black tea and can be customized with syrups and some add milk. Some drinks also stray away from the usual tea and go for other things like slushies. Then you get to add the toppings or the boba and they’re said to “be the most important part.” You can also get things like pudding, grass jelly, aloe vera, tapioca, and more.
In the book Liza and her friends visit a boba tea shop very frequently. There’s plenty of times when she got more than one cup of boba to sit and talk or study. This made me want to go and see what it was all about. But since I don’t like tea, I made my husband try it. (He does like tea lmao I’m not forcing anything on him.) He ended up liking it so much he got two of them! (The pictures are the ones he tried.)
So whenever you pick up this book, make sure you also grab a boba tea. Whether you’re trying it for the first time like my husband or like it enough to try and make it yourself like my old co-worker, I’m sure you’ll need it to fight that craving!
Have you read this book? Have you ever tried boba? Have you ever tried making it? If you answered no to any of those questions, what are you waiting for? Give it a try and tell me about it in the comments!